Proverbs 英文谚语General (总类) 1 ) He who has health has hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow. 自由就是在法律允许下的范围下有权做任何事
3 ) Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮 4 ) Misery loves company. (It never rains but pours.) 祸不单行
5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war. 宁愿赢得和平而输掉战争 6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure. . 天网恢恢，疏而不漏
7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world. 一种米养百种人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所组成的)
8 ) There are two sides to every question.
每个问题都有正反两面看法 ( 公说公有礼，婆说婆有礼) 9 ) Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天造成的
10) Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的第一秘诀 11) Every man has his taste. 人各有所好
12) Experience is the extract of suffering. .经验是由痛苦中粹取出来的 13) Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想象力比知识更重要 14) Words cut more than swords. 舌剑利于刀剑
15) The leopard cannot change his spots. / Leopards cannot change their spots. 江山易改，本性难移
16) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 心灵的财富才是唯一真正的财富 17) Love makes the world go round. 爱使世界运转
18) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施
19) Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction.
.爱并不在于彼此相对
20) Failure is the mother of success. / Failure teaches success. 失败乃成功之母 21) Life is not merely living but living in health. ..生活不只要活，而且要活的健康
22) There is no rose without a thorn. ..朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (没有十全十美的人生) 23) What you really value is what you miss, not what you have. 人真正珍惜的是未得到的，而不是所拥有的
24) Trust men and they will be true to you. 相信他们，他们才会对你忠诚( 信人者人恒信之)
25) An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind. 以牙还牙，两败俱伤 (以眼还眼使我们全都瞎眼)
26) A bad penny always comes back. 恶有恶报
27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge. 宽恕是最伟大的报复.
28) Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. 保持耐性是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜美的
29) He who has hope has everything. ..拥有希望的人拥有一切
30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. .....没有热诚难成大事 31) Time flies. 时光飞逝
32) Time is money. 时间就是金钱 33) Tomorrow never comes. 明天永不来 34) Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧 35) Unity is strength. 团结就是力量 36) Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 37) Might is right. 强权就是公理 38) Live and learn. 活到老，学到老 39) Haste ma
kes waste. 欲速则不达 40) Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见
41) An uncut gem goes not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
42) It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。 43) Sow nothing, reap nothing. 无功不受禄 。
44) A word once spoken can never be recalled. 一言既出，驷马难追。 45) To entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山。
46) While the grass grows the horse starves. 远水解不了近渴。
47) If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp. 近朱者赤 近墨者黑。 48) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日毕 49) Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. 得寸进尺
50) It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福 Absence and Presence （在与不在）1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. 离别削减小爱，却增添大爱。
2. Absence is mother of disillusion. 疏离是觉悟之母。
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小别情更浓。小别胜新婚。
4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。. 5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。 肉身虽不在，精神却不死。永垂不朽 6. Far from eye, far from heart. 离眼远，离心远。 眼不见，心不念。
7. He that fears you present will hate you absent. 在你面前怕你的人，在你背后恨你。
8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb] 人若不在场，他的权利就会丧失。（摩尔谚语）
9. Long absence changes a friend. 久别朋友变。 10. Long absent, soon forgotten. 久别情疏。
11. Man are best loved farthest off. 相隔最遥远的人最为人疼爱。 12. Out of sight, out of mind. OR
Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不念。
13. Salt water and absence wash away love. 远离久别，恩情疏。
14. The absent are always in the wrong. 谁人背后无人说，哪个人前不说人。 15. The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse. 缺席者绝
对没有不对，出席者也不会没有借口。
16. When the cat's away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在，老鼠做怪。阎王不在，小鬼做怪。
17. Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present. 。 趁狮子不在时取而代之者, 却怕老鼠的存在。
18. Never try to prove what nobody doubts. 此地无银三百两。
Actions and Words （行动与空谈）1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 一个光说不做的人好像一个花园，里面长满都是野草。 2. A word before is worth two behind. 事前一句胜过事后两句 3. A word is enough to the wise. 智者一点就明
4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，如箭射出。
5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的卓越果实。 6. Better to sail slowly than not to sai
l at all. 完全停滞不前不如慢慢驶向前。
7. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 英勇的行为永远不需要吹嘘。
8. Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain. 商务是生命之盐，商务和行动增强脑力。
9. Deeds are males, and words are females. 「做」是男人的事，「说」是女人的事。 10. Deeds, not words. 在于行动，不在于言语。说得到，做得到。言出必行。 11. Few words are best. 少说为妙。
12. Fine words butter no parsnips. 花言巧语不能滋润防风草。口惠而实不至。
13. Fine words dress ill deeds. 巧言藏恶行。好话说尽，坏事做尽。说一套，做一套。 14. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. [Thomas Fuller] 良言本无价，其贵值千金。（富勒）
15. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 口惠而实不至。 17. Hard words break no bones. 恶言伤不到人心。笑骂由他笑骂。
18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly. 显贵的人总是思想崇高和举止优雅。 19. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. 花言巧语的人常以空匙喂人。巧言令色鲜矣仁。
Advice and Counsel （忠告与建议 ）1. A woman’s advice is no great thing, but he who won’t take it is a fool. 女人的忠告虽不是怎么大不了的事，若不接受，便是傻瓜。 2. Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day. [African Proverb] 忠告是一位陌生客，若受欢迎，则停留过夜；不受欢迎，当天就要回家。（非洲谚语） 3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 良言于最需要时最不受重视。忠言逆耳。 4. Advice whispered is worthless. 窃窃私语的忠告毫无价值可言。
5. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. 敌人也可能给人好的忠告。
6. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 愤怒和急迫足以误大计。小不忍则乱大谋。 7. Come not to counsel uncalled. 人之患在好为人师。
8. Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich. 忠告一定来自智者，救助一定来自富人。
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